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Multiskilled shift engineer (mechanical bias)

Oldham
Northwood
Shift engineer
Posted: 26 January
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About the Role

Looking to apply your mechanical flair in a hands-on role with variety? Look no further!

We're recruiting a Mechanically biased Shift Engineer to join our impressive, fast-paced paper converting facility.

Here's what's in store for you:

* FMCG production environment with plenty of opportunity for development.
* Empowering team, welcoming your innovative suggestions and input.
* Variety in machinery, day to day tasks, and a wealth of opportunity to develop your mechanical and electrical expertise.
* Monday to Friday role, so you can enjoy your weekends off!



Job Opportunity

3-shift rotations (40 hours per week):

* Shift rotations (not necessarily in this order): Days (06:00 to 14:00); Afternoons (14:00 to 22:00); and Nights (22:00 to 06:00).
* As most of our shifts are Monday to Friday, you'll have the majority of your weekends off!
* Night shifts will commence on Sundays at 22:00 and will end on Fridays at 06:00.


How you will add value to Northwood:

Bringing a reactive and proactive approach to multiskilled maintenance of operational equipment and site facilities, maintaining and improving equipment reliability and efficiency.

Your day to day:

* Ensuring all PPMs are carried out safely, cost effectively, in a timely manner, and to a high standard.
* Ensuring optimal running of our mechanical and electrical equipment to ensure that agreed SLAs and KPIs are met.
* Troubleshooting electrical and mechanical machinery issues, conducting RCA and implementing long-term solutions and prevention, demonstrating best practice.
* Responding to and addressing reactive maintenance requests in a timely manner.
* Following engineering/maintenance processes and standards thoroughly, ensuring adherence to Safety, Quality, and Environmental protocol.
* PLC interrogation/electrical fault finding
* Managing spare parts, conducting criticality and obsolescence assessments.
* Utilising process improvement tools such as 5S, TPM, and Kaizen, supporting our CI.



Essential Skills

What we need from you:

* Demonstrable competence as a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer or Technician, with a Mechanical bias (70/30 or 80/20)
* Experience as a Multiskilled or Mechanical Engineer in the Printing, Packaging, Paper Converting, or FMCG industries, ideally with experience in reel-to-reel winding/conversion.
* Experience in electrical maintenance and PLCs (including interrogation and fault finding), and ideally, experience with drives and inverters.
* A proactive approach to equipment efficiency and reliability, and responsive approach to ad hoc requests.
* Level 3+ Electrical qualification (ideally obtained through an apprenticeship)



About Company

Northwood is a family-owned group of associated companies that provide the manufacturing, supply and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both the away-from-home and consumer market.

Our mission is to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away from home tissue industry. One of only a small handful of companies in the UK market that is fully vertically integrated; Northwood is involved at each point in the supply chain, from raw material supply, tissue and towel manufacturing, end-user product converting, storage and transportation.


Our remit is huge, with a portfolio of products covering two key systems brands, professional wiping, commodity, consumer paper and private label. We sell into a distribution network spanning the UK, Ireland and Europe, which in turn service markets such as healthcare, hospitality, hotels, engineering, janitorial, catering and education.

We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business that has grown from a humble paper sales business to a market leader employing over 800 colleagues, across 11 sites in the UK and Spain.


We differentiate ourselves by excelling in product quality alongside market-leading service and sales support.



DE&I

At Northwood, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone is welcomed and respected. We strive to promote a workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages individuals to express their opinions and beliefs. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all.



Benefits

* Company pension
* Life assurance
* Free company products
* Free on-site parking
* Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
* Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
* Free early access to pay scheme
* Salary sacrifice schemes
* Employee referral scheme

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